Author/Authors :
D’Andrea, Marco Laboratory of Medical Physics and Expert Systems - Regina Elena National Cancer Institute - Rome, Italy , Benassi, Marcello Laboratory of Medical Physics and Expert Systems - Regina Elena National Cancer Institute - Rome, Italy , Strigari, Lidia Laboratory of Medical Physics and Expert Systems - Regina Elena National Cancer Institute - Rome, Italy
Abstract :
An overview of radiotherapy (RT) induced normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) models is presented. NTCP models
based on empirical and mechanistic approaches that describe a specific radiation induced late effect proposed over time for
conventional RT are reviewed with particular emphasis on their basic assumptions and related mathematical translation and their
weak and strong points.
Keywords :
Phenomenological , NTCP , LQ , assumptions
